Episode 238: Their Struggles Don’t Outweigh Your Safety

Just Break Up: Relationship Advice from Your Queer Besties

Sierra DeMulder and Sam Blackwell

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Having empathy is not at odds with demanding accountability. You can respond compassionately to someone’s struggles and still advocate for what you need to have a healthy, functioning relationship with them—anywhere from setting a series of small boundaries to cutting them off completely. Join us on Patreon for an extra weekly episode, exclusive livestreams, and more! SUBMIT: justbreakuppod.com FACEBOOK: /justbreakuppod INSTAGRAM: @justbreakuppod TWITTER: @justbreakuppod Just Break Up is a production of Du Vide Media. Make sure to check out all of our amazing shows! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.5	welcome to just break up the podcast about love, heartbreak, and all the
1:03.9	relationship advice you don't want to hear.
1:07.0	My name is Sierra Molder.
1:13.0	And I'm Sam Blackwell.
1:14.1	And today we're going to answer a letter
1:15.8	from somebody who has a friend who's struggling with alcoholism.
1:20.1	But before we begin, we just want to give you
1:22.0	our Surgeon General's warning, which is that Sierra and I are not licensed mental health practitioners.
1:27.0	Correct, we are not professionals, we are not trained in this, so please take our advice as we see fit.
1:32.0	We are only here to offer our
1:34.0	humble musings so if we've said some understanding and maybe some laughs on the
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